Modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service

Sponsored by the House Education Committee

Proposed by the Department of Public Defense · their explanation · all agency proposals

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: HSB 2

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2025
Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill modifies school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service. Current law requires the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age to cause the child to attend public school or an accredited nonpublic school, or place the child under competent private instruction or independent private instruction, during a school year.24 (religious groups exempted from school standards).

Read the full explanation

The bill adds additional exemptions for children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named January 14, 2025 (as HSB 2). On January 22, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§299.2

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Lobbying

6 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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HSB 2Renumbered

91st General Assembly

HF 898Cleared committeefrom HSB 2

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